Canucks 5, Ducks 4 (SO)

Ryan Kesler scored two goals and Roberto Luongo stopped all three shooters as Vancouver defeated the Ducks, 5-4, in a shootout on Wednesday night at Rogers Arena.

Luongo stopped Joffrey Lupul, Teemu Selanne and Corey Perry while Jeff Tambellini scored for Vancouver. It was the second shootout game in as many nights for the Ducks, who prevailed over Edmonton on Tuesday.

Vancouver erased a 4-2 deficit with fewer than eight minutes to play. Daniel Sedin knocked in a rebound and Kesler forced overtime with 21.5 seconds to go when he whacked at the puck from behind the goal line and had it go in off Jonas Hiller's stick in a six-on-four play.

Hiller replaced Curtis McElhinney after McElhinney was struck in the mask on a shot by Christian Ehrhoff that led to Sedin's goal. McElhinney was cut on the play and came out of the game.

The Ducks had a 4-2 lead when Cam Fowler's shot bounced off Alexander Edler's leg and into the net at 11:36 during four-on-four play.

Selanne scored his second goal in as many games with 17 seconds remaining in the second period, and Lupul scored on a snap shot off Todd Marchant's drop pass. It was Lupul's first goal since Dec.8, 2009.

Vancouver got two goals in 11 seconds in the first period. Kesler redirected Edler's point shot at 6:20 and Tambellini tapped in the puck in the crease at 6:31.

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